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01-25-2010, 11:03 AM
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Ghost
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 8,648
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Babylon 5 - is it worth the time?
I've heard so many good things about this series, yet I'd never seen an episode until last night. It's free on Hulu, so I tried to watch the pilot but just couldn't finish it.
Everything about it was bad - the story, the acting, the music... I gave up about halfway through. If I can't stand the pilot, should I stick with it?
Admittedly, I wasn't impressed with the pilot episode of Star Trek:TNG, but I stuck with it and was rewarded with great storylines later on. Is Babylon 5 a similar situation?
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01-25-2010, 11:06 AM
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curmudgeon Mod
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: The Shire
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IMO, B5 is worth the time.
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01-25-2010, 11:22 AM
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Baron Zemo
Join Date: May 2006
Location: we know each other, he's a friend from work
Posts: 16,341
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I thought it was worth it.
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01-25-2010, 11:23 AM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Shockingly...page one!
Posts: 18,641
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Totally worth it.
The first season is really a prologue, things don't really kick off until the second season...
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01-25-2010, 11:42 AM
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What's another word for Thesaurus?
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,328
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RichBamf
Totally worth it.
The first season is really a prologue, things don't really kick off until the second season...
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Absolutely! I found B5 to be one of the BEST Sci-Fi series EVER! (I'm a classic Star Trek fan and B5 IMO blows it away.). When this was on TV I could not wait for each weeks episodes! JMS did such a good job with the plot/story and character development. Seasons 1 thru 4 takes you through the story arch. I found season 5 kind of weak after the sensational season 4 finale.
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01-25-2010, 11:51 AM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Shockingly...page one!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tedmic
Absolutely! I found B5 to be one of the BEST Sci-Fi series EVER! (I'm a classic Star Trek fan and B5 IMO blows it away.). When this was on TV I could not wait for each weeks episodes! JMS did such a good job with the plot/story and character development. Seasons 1 thru 4 takes you through the story arch. I found season 5 kind of weak after the sensational season 4 finale.
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Agreed 100%, I think JMS wanted this season to be a sort of epilogue but for me it just doesn't work.
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01-25-2010, 12:05 PM
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Yeah, I spend WAY too much time here!
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 28,867
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Babylon 5 is definitely a great series, and well worth checking out.
The main problem with season 5 is that a lot of the storylines that were to continue in that season got wrapped up by the end of season 4 when it became apparent that WB were not going to renew the series. Then PTEN picked the show up, and JMS had to go with the storylines that he had left, which were a little underwhelming.
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01-25-2010, 12:06 PM
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Batman
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 20,187
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Used to love it but haven'y seen it for years.
Don't know what series i saw but really enjoyed it
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01-25-2010, 01:35 PM
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,171
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Starts off a little slow but the characters really develop in the second season. I loved it and you'll see that the new Battlestar Galactica stole quite a bit from this series.
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01-25-2010, 01:36 PM
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Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: England
Posts: 7,058
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I'll agree with what everyone else says. 
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